Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2
Josef Suk
Ballade and Serenade, Op. 3
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Solo appearances by players of the Czech Philharmonic are always special, so it is with great pleasure that they are presented as part of the Czech Chamber Music Society seasons. For this second recital in this series, the main performers are the concertmaster of the cello section Václav Petr and an up-and-coming figure of the younger generation of pianists Marek Kozák. Their programme will link works of different centuries, styles, and countries.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2
Josef Suk
Ballade and Serenade, Op. 3
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Václav Petr cello
Marek Kozák piano
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Václav Petr cello
Václav Petr is one of the most prominent cellists of his generation. He was a semi-finalist of the international cello competition Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann (Germany), the winner of the 70th Prague Spring competition (Czech Republic), and the overall winner of Talents for Europe. He began his studies with Mirek Škampa at the Jan Neruda Grammar School in Prague before moving on to study at the Music Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Daniel Veis and graduating from Michal Kaňka’s studio. He developed his playing with Wolfgang Boettcher at Berlin’s Universität der Künste and took part in the European Music Academy in Bonn. In 2015, he completed the Carl Flesch Academy masterclass courses with a solo performance alongside the Baden-Baden Philharmonic. He started his solo career at just 12 years of age, and he has since appeared with such orchestras as the Czech Philharmonic, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Prague Philharmonia. Being only 24 years old when selected as the Czech Philharmonic’s cello concertmaster, he became one of the youngest musicians to hold that post in the orchestra’s history. Václav Petr plays the “Teschenmacher” cello (1757) from Giovanni Battista Guadagnini’s workshop, on loan from a private collection.
Marek Kozák piano